Managed government led procurement initiatives through cross departmental collaboration, vendor negotiation and strategic sourcing. Coordinated IT related project based purchasing with leadership and internal stakeholders. Oversaw all purchasing activities across IT.• Team lead for purchasing staff, overseeing day-to-day procurement activities to identify inefficiencies and provided guidance as necessary.• Developed and implemented internal purchasing processes and procedures supporting IT operations and government related initiatives.• Collaborated with UHG Enterprise Sourcing and Procurement Team to maximize cost savingsfor various strategic purchases and maintenance renewals.• Stragetized with senior leadership, finance, legal and project management teams for project planning and purchase negotiation and execution supporting government led initiatives.• Built and maintained critical relationships with partnering vendors, as well as end users and stakeholders from Engineering, IT and Operations.• Negotiated Statements of Work (SOW), Master Service and Support Agreements (MSA), and strategic purchases for cost savings and favorable terms.

Effectively led team-managed projects from technical and procurement perspectives focused on communication and timelines. Oversaw competitive bid process and compliance for technology vendor selection. Identify and assess vendors and products supporting HBO technology initiatives. Evaluated the impact of purchases across the organization, both domestic and global.• Significantly improved nonlinear file-based workflow efficiencies by negotiating and executing service contracts for fiber optic point to point connectivity between multiple nationwide facilities for content creation.• Implemented cloud-based storage solution for content distribution by collaborating with engineering teams to research, develop and integrate cloud systems architecture into existing linear baseband workflows.• Executed contracts for the purchase and deployment of decoder equipment for nationwide cable affiliates, eliminating the need to uplink standard definition content, drastically reducing HBO’s technical footprint and allowing for new project expansion.• Drastically reduced costs for space transponder leasing by contracting fiber optic services which eliminated the need to distribute content via earth station satellites and allowed for future growth of 5G networks as mandated by the Federal Communications Commission.• Negotiated and contracted integration services to build and deploy HBO’s Hudson Yards, New York facility allowing for the consolidation of leased properties to a single owned location, significantly reducing real estate expenditures.• Conducted annual vendor review process with key partners to identify areas where the vendor is not performing to expectations and assess performance trends for a resolution prior to impacting productivity.

Managed the technical project procurement life cycle, partnership with engineering on development of equipment lists, sourcing, PO execution and project tracking.• Managed all procurement processes and logistics to build and deploy HBO’s Digital Media Operations Center which eliminated costs for outsourced transcode services.• Assisted engineering teams with research and development of broadcast systems which were incorporated into all control room operational environments for added video and audio monitoring functionality and to aid bandwidth consolidation and increase efficiency.• Resolved project completion delays by collaborating with engineering and vendors to mitigate technical issues related to hardware and software functionality in studio networking environments.• Collaborated with financial teams to streamline vendor payment processes to mitigate issues related to price and tax discrepancies, payment terms, contracted project milestones and various other financial related issues.• Developed and implemented processes to streamline requisition to purchase order workflows for technical teams and buyers resulting in order management efficiencies.

Purchased all project equipment from various hardware and software manufacturers to support Engineering teams with the creation, design and deployment of various infrastructure projects across multiple operating areas.• Streamlined post production audio processing for HBO Studios by partnering with engineering teams and vendors to upgrade all audio editing suites to include nonlinear file-based workflows.• Improved content workflow efficiencies by working closely with engineering teams to vet all technical requirements to implement HBO’s first server-based infrastructure and fiber optic backbone network.• Eliminated project completion delays by managing logistics to ensure delivery of equipment does not impact project timelines.• Maintained all mission critical systems supporting 24x7 facility by working closely with engineering maintenance teams to determine system support requirements and the execution and tracking of hardware and software maintenance contracts. • Vetted and procured all hardware, software and components for the launch of AOL Comedy Network and earned a commendation from Chairman and CEO of HBO.

Monitored multiple on-air events including sports/special events being broadcast live and correcting on-air errors as necessary adhering to company broadcast standards.• Resolved suspected signal malfunctions by analyzing signal components using various test and measurement equipment such as vector scopes, audio scopes and waveform monitors and reported to engineering maintenance for resolution.• Mitigated on-air program issues by systematically checking uplink system parameters that control playback of TV programming to ensure proper functionality and link network backup system to primary broadcast feed in the event of an emergency to maintain five-nines of network reliability.• Managed control room operations for HBO Boxing live event broadcasts.